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| Is it wrong to display the American flag upside down? I had a party the other day and someone was wearing an American flag so i took it an hung it upside down. My parents woke up the next day and freaked out. I tried to explain to them that it wasn't a sign of disrespect for the soldiers and the flag code permitted it okay in signs of distress but they kept bitching... do any of you guys think that hanging a flag upside down is disrespectful? |
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Technically, I think it is considered disrespectful unless you are actually in distress. It is also considered disrespectful to wear it 
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Fuck 'em.
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chrisreid
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I told my parents we were in distress because we didn't have any more beer and no one was capable of driving so we had to end the party at 3... they didn't buy it.
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Who gives a fuck? Don't buy into the flag-worshiping, yellow-ribboned nationalistic bull shit that seems to pervade every bit of American life. It's a piece of cloth that could subjectively represent something to someone. What it represents to me is the ideals of this country that are currently be shit on every day by the people running it, and if someone doesn't like the shit-stained flag when it's rubbed in their noses, they're immediately labeled anti-American pinko commies by people whose IQ MIGHT exceed 87 but somehow got a job as a pundit/politician/campaigner.
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Anyway, I wouldn't worry about what kind of "signal" a piece of multi-colored cloth made in sweat-shops in Indonesia is sending out...
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| redraiderdude187 wrote: | Who gives a fuck? Don't buy into the flag-worshiping, yellow-ribboned nationalistic bull shit that seems to pervade every bit of American life. It's a piece of cloth that could subjectively represent something to someone. What it represents to me is the ideals of this country that are currently be shit on every day by the people running it, and if someone doesn't like the shit-stained flag when it's rubbed in their noses, they're immediately labeled anti-American pinko commies by people whose IQ MIGHT exceed 87 but somehow got a job as a pundit/politician/campaigner.
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Super quoteage, specailly the rant.
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| redraiderdude187 wrote: | Who gives a fuck? Don't buy into the flag-worshiping, yellow-ribboned nationalistic bull shit that seems to pervade every bit of American life. It's a piece of cloth that could subjectively represent something to someone. What it represents to me is the ideals of this country that are currently be shit on every day by the people running it, and if someone doesn't like the shit-stained flag when it's rubbed in their noses, they're immediately labeled anti-American pinko commies by people whose IQ MIGHT exceed 87 but somehow got a job as a pundit/politician/campaigner.
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Anyway, I wouldn't worry about what kind of "signal" a piece of multi-colored cloth made in sweat-shops in Indonesia is sending out... |
commie.
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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i think its funny i have to find an american flag sticker to put on my guitar upside down of course
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I'm for free-speech. this means if you want to burn a flag, its your right. same as flying upside down to signify distress, or even if its to say down with america.
so whether its disrespectful is moot.
the point is you should be free to express your opinions. |
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| not_a_theist wrote: | | redraiderdude187 wrote: | Who gives a fuck? Don't buy into the flag-worshiping, yellow-ribboned nationalistic bull shit that seems to pervade every bit of American life. It's a piece of cloth that could subjectively represent something to someone. What it represents to me is the ideals of this country that are currently be shit on every day by the people running it, and if someone doesn't like the shit-stained flag when it's rubbed in their noses, they're immediately labeled anti-American pinko commies by people whose IQ MIGHT exceed 87 but somehow got a job as a pundit/politician/campaigner.
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commie. |
No shit. He's just begging for Charlie Daniels to track him down and kick his ass...
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| chrisreid wrote: | | I told my parents we were in distress because we didn't have any more beer and no one was capable of driving so we had to end the party at 3... they didn't buy it. |
But they should. That's serious business. About 2:30 or so you really start feeling in the beer zone. Here in Therickcopelandland they stop selling beer at 1:00. He has spent many an evening/ early morning at 12:40 pooling change with his friends to get to the store to buy those last cases of sweet, creamy beer... Yum...
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chrisreid
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| hillbillyatheist wrote: | I'm for free-speech. this means if you want to burn a flag, its your right. same as flying upside down to signify distress, or even if its to say down with america.
so whether its disrespectful is moot.
the point is you should be free to express your opinions. |
exactly. i tried to explain the freedom of speech but they said it was bullshit and while we're partying they have kids my age dying for that flag. it's ironic because my mother said to never join the military and hate the government and i told her i wasn't disrespecting any of the soldiers who died... they don't get the picture it seems. |
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chrisreid
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| redraiderdude187 wrote: | Who gives a fuck? Don't buy into the flag-worshiping, yellow-ribboned nationalistic bull shit that seems to pervade every bit of American life. It's a piece of cloth that could subjectively represent something to someone. What it represents to me is the ideals of this country that are currently be shit on every day by the people running it, and if someone doesn't like the shit-stained flag when it's rubbed in their noses, they're immediately labeled anti-American pinko commies by people whose IQ MIGHT exceed 87 but somehow got a job as a pundit/politician/campaigner.
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Anyway, I wouldn't worry about what kind of "signal" a piece of multi-colored cloth made in sweat-shops in Indonesia is sending out... |
enjoyed the rant... my mother actually called me a "marxist" |
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chrisreid
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| rickcopeland648 wrote: | | chrisreid wrote: | | I told my parents we were in distress because we didn't have any more beer and no one was capable of driving so we had to end the party at 3... they didn't buy it. |
But they should. That's serious business. About 2:30 or so you really start feeling in the beer zone. Here in Therickcopelandland they stop selling beer at 1:00. He has spent many an evening/ early morning at 12:40 pooling change with his friends to get to the store to buy those last cases of sweet, creamy beer... Yum... |
where is that? i know when i went to college in tx they stopped serving at 12... that blew my mind. |
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if you can burn the flag i dont see why you couldnt turn it anyway you want.
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